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Nor'easter pounds state with flooding, power outages

A coastal storm is bringing strong to damaging winds, power outages and coastal flooding to southern New England, and in particular to the Cape and Islands.

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Updated: 8:52 AM EST Nov 2, 2014

Nor'easter pounds state with flooding, power outages

A coastal storm is bringing strong to damaging winds, power outages and coastal flooding to southern New England, and in particular to the Cape and Islands.

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Updated: 8:52 AM EST Nov 2, 2014

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WEBVTT OUT OUT OF HERE COMING UP. ANTOINETTE? DANIELLE, THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT LIVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING ON THAT STORM SYSTEM. OUR MARY SALADNA IN SCITUATE RIGHT NOW WHERE STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SURF ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERNS. MARY? (AUDIO CUTTING OUT) THOSE WINDS ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERN. IT'S HARD TO STAND IN ONE PLACE. THIS IS FROM THE LIGHT HOUSE HERE IN SCITUATE. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE WAVES SORT OF STILL POUNDING THE SEA WALL BEHIND ME. THINGS HAVE IS CALMED DOWN A LITTLE BIT SINCE HIGH TIDE WHICH WAS AND 6:0 a.m. BUT OF COURSE IT IS THOSE HOURS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT OFTEN PROVE TROUBLESOME. THAT'S THE CASE HERE IN SCITUATE THIS MORNING. A NUMBER OF ROADS, IN FACT, FLOODED. SOME ARE IMPASSABLE. TAKE A LOOK AT REBECCA ROAD WHERE IT MEETS LIGHT HOUSE ROAD. WE'RE ALSO HEARING ABOUT FLOODING ON JERICHO ROAD AND OCEAN AVENUE. WE TALKED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO TOLD US THIS MORNING'S HIGH TIDE DID BEAR WATCHING. IT'S BIG. I MEAN IT'S DECEIVING BECAUSE THEY BUILT THE SEA WALL UP SINCE, I THINK, THE LAST BIG ONE. IT USED TO CRASH OVER THE WHOLE PARKING LOT USED TO BE FILLED UP WITH DEBRIS AND BOULDERS. OF COURSE WITH THAT BIG SEA WALL DOWN BY THE LIGHT HOUSE, THINGS ARE A LOT BETTER. BUT AS YOU GO FURTHER DOWN LIGHT HOUSE ROAD AGAIN WE ARE SEEING PLACES WHERE THE WATER IS SURGING AND BREACHING THE SEA WALL AND CAUSING THOSE FLOODED ROADS. A PROBLEM THIS MORNING IS POWER OUTAGES. THAT PROBLEM IS GROWING. WE NOW HAVE 11,000 CUSTOMERS WITH N-STAR ALONE WHO ARE IN THE DARK. BARNABLE, BREWSTER, FALMOUTH, HYANNIS, ORLEANS AND YARMOUTH ALL HAVE MORE THAN 1,000

Nor'easter pounds state with flooding, power outages

A coastal storm is bringing strong to damaging winds, power outages and coastal flooding to southern New England, and in particular to the Cape and Islands.